[ laughter ] it would be too much for you and michael b. jordan? nothing in it for me. >> jimmy: is it harder to direct a movie that you're in? >> you know, warren beatty said to me years ago -- just name dropping. >> jimmy: that's a good one. [ laughter ] >> feels pretty good, right? >> jimmy: but when you name drop, it's not like name dropping. >> i didn't want to be in the first film i directed. he said, no, be in it, because it's a way in that you're used to. as an actor, you're used to it, so be in it. so i was like okay, i'll imagine i'm playing all the parts and that's the way i got into it. >> jimmy: wow. people have often called you -- they would say you're the next sidney portier, and then michael b. jordan is someone they would say, you are the next denzel washington. and so now here you guys, which i don't know, seems a little weird. do you like when people say that? >> um, it beats a sharp stick in the eye. >> jimmy: right, okay. >> you know. it's better than the next willie johnson. >> jimmy: you don't want to be willie. >> you don't

tomorrow michael b. jordan and january jones will join us, with music from cigarettes after sex.st is an actor, author and body-slammer on the side. he gives voice to a polar bear named yoshi in the new movie "dolittle." it opens in theaters a week from friday. please welcome 16-time wwe world champion john cena. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thanks for coming. it's good to have you here. >> it's good to be back, what a raucous audience. >> jimmy: well, there was a baby out here earlier and it got people really riled up. are you a football fan? >> i am, and i'm from a small town in new england. >> jimmy: are the patriots your team? >> not by geography. i like them because they win a lot. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: so you're just admitting to being a bandwagon fan. >> yeah, as soon as they start losing i won't be a fan. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, it seems they just started doing that. >> they had a decent regular season. >> jimmy: that is true. >> it's weird that everybody in new england is saying the sky is falling when they won 12 games in the division. >> jimmy: you get spo

and later this week, john cena, rupaul, michael b. jordan jones, with music from dermot kennedy and cigarettes after sex. tonight, we begin a new year on an up-note with a very funny person. she is festive and resolute with a new movie too. "like a boss" opens in theaters friday. please say hello to tiffany haddish. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very good to see you. you look fantastic. >> thank you, thank you. >> jimmy: by the way, thank you. you played willona on "good times" live here on abc about three weeks ago. >> yes. >> jimmy: you were great, you really nailed it, you did a great job, thank you, it was very fun to do, it wasn't a hard character for me to play. >> jimmy: you did seem to slide right into willona. >> very close, and i watched "good times" for many, many years. >> jimmy: "good times" was one of the best. >> good times but they weren't good times. >> jimmy: most of them were bad, sarcastic good times, which is how i like to say it. when something is not going quite right -- >> "good times." [ laughter ] i heard your

mercedes benz stage. [ cheers and applause ] next week, we're back at it again with courteney cox, michael b. jordanke barinholtz, blake shelton. we have music from tove lo and coy la ray and cali uchis. our first guest is the most important movie star in the world whose ray bans and body oil saved the movie business. "top gun: maverick" is nominated for six oscars, including best picture. please welcome the one, the only, tom cruise! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: see that? i mean, look at that. >> thank you all. very nice. >> jimmy: you're getting that a lot lately, i guess. you were shooting "mission: impossible" today, right? >> yeah, we're shooting it every day. >> jimmy: shooting it every day. did you risk your life today? >> well, i did get in a car in this weather. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, all right. that's pretty close, yeah. >> it's close. >> jimmy: is it a more exciting day when you're doing something crazy? >> every day's pretty exciting. >> jimmy: every day's pretty exciting? >> every day's pretty exciting sometimes. especially mission. >> jimmy: you had